Confrontation by RS Thomas

And there was the serpentrunning like waterbut more quietly with no desireto bicker. They see uswith smooth eye; what is a manin a snake's world? And ifwe would come to close,thye strike us as painfullyas the truth.xxxxxxxxxxx It is no partof divine mind to repudiateits reflections. We must exchangestare for stare, lookinginto that eye as into a darkcrystal, asking if Edenis where we must continuallyseek to charm evil by playingto it, knowing that it is deaf.